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Zzap!64, issue 49 (May 1989)

Zzap!64 editors. 1989. “Zzap!64, issue 49 (May 1989).” Zzap!64, issue 49 (May 1989). Newsfield.

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Zzap!64 49
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https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-049
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cbec61591b6a557afc2df06ebaf3c4aca7f1deafe40f9cfd80ff78f9ffebc95a
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https://archive.org/download/zzap64-magazine-049/ZZap_64_Issue_049_1989_May_djvu.xml
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2026-11-06
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© Newsfield (at the time of publication); scan hosted by the Internet Archive
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Scan in the Internet Archive item "zzap64-magazine-049"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
Pinned in archive batch 29 as a lead for RoboCop, Silkworm, Cybernoid II, Roadblasters, Renegade III, Run the Gauntlet, Elite, Arkanoid II and The Empire Strikes Back, found through the Amiga Magazine Rack's index.

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Zzap!64 reviewed the Amiga version (U.S. Gold, £19.99) in May 1989 and gave it 75% overall, with 70% for presentation, 69% for graphics, 57% for sound, 82% for hookability and 57% for lastability, as "Easier than the coin-op". Randy called it a flawed conversion but still very addictive; Maff, a fan of the arcade game, found "an incredibly easy game lurking behind poor music". The verdict: it "could have been a tougher and more accurate conversion, but a fun drive 'em up".p. 25 (image 25), review headingp. 25 (image 25), Randy's commentp. 25 (image 25), Randy's commentp. 25 (image 25), Randy's commentp. 25 (image 25), Maff's commentp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings boxp. 25 (image 25), ratings box, verdictp. 25 (image 25), Maff's commentMagazine
Zzap!64 reported in May 1989 that the next release from The Sales Curve would be Shinobi, a home version of the Sega coin-op, out from Virgin in the next couple of months, and that its Amiga and Commodore 64 versions looked impressive. The magazine itself had thought the coin-op "pretty unspectacular".p. 9 (image 9), The Word, "Sales Curve Virgin on Sega Shinobi"p. 9 (image 9)p. 9 (image 9)p. 9 (image 9)p. 9 (image 9)Magazine